Editorial

SEPTEMBER 04 Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Experimental archaeology: making, understanding, story-telling, Aidan O’Sullivan. 06 Wed 10.30am Dalkey Public Library, Castle St. Women artists of the twentieth century I, Leah Reynolds. 08 Fri 3pm Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St. Weapons in Irish history, Lar Joye. 08–10 Fri–Sun Féile … Read more

Readers of this magazine are no doubt familiar with the controversy stirred up by Peter Hart’s The IRA and its enemies (1998), and in particular by his thesis of the underlying sectarianism of the IRA’s campaign in Cork during the War of Independence. The difficult questions posed by Hart were entirely justified, but in the … Read more